This past week at college has been more intriguing than the first. Class talks from successful teachers and degree graduates have only increased our knowledge on what other options we have in the music industry after we leave college or university.
Fiona McKenzie, the predecessor of the great Marlisa Ross, attended our graded unit lecture on Thursday afternoon and spoke of her life in the music industry. Teaching and performing, whilst still always learning, Fiona seems to have enjoyed every moment of her music career, working her way up the ladder and finally living the dream (as the nation of obesity would so commonly describe it). Fiona has worked her way up the ladder - teaching music to children and adults and conducting vast orchestras, she is now the musical director (MD) of ‘Centre Stage Music Theatre’ in Kilmarnock.
Her life as a musicians has had its ups and downs, but this just shows you that not everybody leaves college or university and just teaches one instrument, plays one instrument in one band and is just stuck in one dead end job for their whole life. Her speech on Thursday, accompanied by her mute male friend, was a joy to listen to and I hope to leave college with the same drive that she has.
Oh, by the way, I have chosen Session Musician as my job to apply for in graded unit.
Beside this talk, in band class on Wednesday we discussed what songs we are going to learn for our Beatles covers gig in 12 weeks time:
“Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds”
“Octopuses Garden”
“Sgt. Pepper”
“Come together”
“Help”
“Hey Jude” &
“All you need is love”
(These being narrowed down to around 5 or 6 songs after we find out which of them we perform the best)
Right, I'm off to play guitar and learn some Beatles songs!
Got a wedding party tonight, going to get totally lamp shaded! :P
Woooo, Eat Dr. Ape, woooo!
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